Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
What is up with the U.S. Department of Interior these days? Unlike the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which appears to be walking the walk on mountaintop removal coal mining thanks to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's leadership, it's quite another story...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Let me get this straight. President Obama, touting his administration's support for clean energy, visited Florida yesterday to tour the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, with its solar panels sprawling across 180 acres that can generate power for 3,000 homes. Yet on Coal River...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Bo Webb is a proud and patriotic American who lives in Appalachia. A former Marine who fought for his country in Vietnam, Bo resides in the Coal River Valley of southwestern West Virginia. For years, he has fought for the region he loves as coal...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Right now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding public hearings in six Appalachian states on mountaintop removal coal mining. This controversial practice is at long last under intense scrutiny by the Obama administration, with the U.S. Environmental...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Move over healthcare and make room for legislation to tackle the climate crisis. Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer just introduced a comprehensive clean energy and climate plan: the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act. I wholeheartedly agree with President...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Everyone engaged in the fight over mountaintop removal is anticipating a big announcement next week (possibly Tuesday or Wednesday) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NRDC and our grassroots partners want to put a stop -- once and for all -- to this extreme strip...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
My recent interview on mountaintop removal is now available on the "Electric Politics" podcast. You can listen to it here. Below is the description of the show: From Heaven To Hell In a horrific sacrifice to darkness, the money men of Washington continue to...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
The clean energy economy is upon us -- but will the U.S. heed the call? That's the gist of today's Washington Post story with this stark headline: Asian Nations Could Outpace U.S. in Developing Clean Energy. Excerpt: President Obama...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in compliance with new Obama administration policy on mountaintop removal coal mining, has proposed eliminating the use of its streamlined permit process for the approval of surface coal mining in Appalachia. For far too long,...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
(Photo by J. Henry Fair) It is a national shame that mining companies are allowed to blast America's oldest mountains to smithereens -- all for the sake of dirty coal. Indeed, it is unfathomable that here in America, where...continued→
